Cleaning rod and extracting device



April 1o, '1928.

l.. F. SMITH I CLENING ROD AND EXTRCTING DEVIOE vFiled June 1g; 1926 "ll 1.1.1111,-,f

ATTORNEY l Theobject-of'this inventioniszt-o provide' Patented Apr. io,1928.

i STA LEONARD FRANCIS. SMITH, or i Tiroiursoir rnnigsf' Mortimer-.AQ f li f. I

CLEANING'BOD Ann EXTRACTING navion. f f

'Va rodcarrying on the end thereof'aleft'hand screwforengaging acleaning element which mayhave become jammed in thebarrel of a rifle.

`A.further'objeot is to provide a' tool which l be employed for thepurpose indicated1 Without' danger of damaging-the rifling of thebarrel, the screw maintaining its position in thecenter lof fthe. borelandffspaced fromV the walls thereof, and the left-hand screw`permitting of the withdrawalof a cleaning rag in the direction of theriliing, the spirals of which extend in a right-hand direction.

A further object is to provide a jointed rodconnected by threaded means,that is'the j sections of the rod being so connected,--the' view, theinvention consists in the novel con-v threaded lmeans also extending ina left-handV direction. l

With the foregoing and'oth'er objects in struction and arrangement ofelements vdescribed, illustrated and claimed, it being understood thatmodifications may be Vmade within the scope of the claims, withoutdeparting from the' spirit of the invention.

plication, i i v Figure 1 ,shows the device in elevation,

` with rparts broken away, and parts appear` ing in vertical section. u

Figure 2 is a detail view showing the handle portion, connected with oneof theI sections .of the,rod, in such manner that the handle will be in`alinement with the longlytudinal axis of said rod section.

Fi urev 3 yis a detaily view, in elevation, showing the left-hand screwto be positioned ,at the end of the rod. y

Figure 4 is a similar' view showing va f modified form of screw, thespiralsof which l also extend in a `left-hand direction.

. Figure 5 is a view in elevation, of a modification, in which the rodper seis to be regai-ded as being formed in one piece, with a slottedend portion. p i Figure 61is a detailin elevation, looking from theright or fromthe left in Figure 5,

and showing the fiattenedportionof therod thru vwhich the slot extends.r

In the form` illustrated inFigure 1, the .v

seotionslofthe rod are designated v10, and

are of any suitable length, depending upon the number to `be provided informing the lcomplete rod. The upper end lof one section,

l and usually the` upper end of each section,

192e. seriarrn. 117,2081 l i j thev handle r13.

bore," forthis purpose;` .The Vhandle mounted in Figure 1 aifordsgreater purchase, 4 when needed.v` i 'f i This handle 13 may be providedwith a chamberllj for the reception of cleaning elements, or foruse inany manner desired.

rThe chamber is closed lbya `threaded-cap 15,

and the Yoppositeend of the handle may also be provided with a cap, suchas 16, as stated, or at least with a threaded bore. l

' Each section 10 may be `provided with a 1 `reducedthreadedportion-1`1,5the thread bel ingof "the left-hand type, asv -alreadyfexjplained, and this thread is adapted tol engagement with a socket 17provided in the y i end of the adjacent rod seotionlO. y Thescrew to `bemounted at the extreme end of the rod, and adapted for engagement lwith` the "rag, assumed to `have kbecome In thedrawings forming part ofthis ap- I jammed inthe barreliof the gun, is'designatedl8, this screwbeing ofik the left-hand v type, and preferably having-al pitch and.taper of vabout the proportions illustrated.

The shank offserew. 18 is providedfwith" j i a flange 19 adaptedto'space the screw 18 yfrom the walls of the bore, and therebypresectionof the rod constituting thelower part thereof.

` Thev` jslight modificationl in Figurefinvolves vonly a difference intheformation of f the spiral, the screw. asl'a wholebeing des-- vignated 23, and a flange 19'." and threaded shank 20w beinglprovided,forthepurpose indicated in connection with the lprevious form.

vIn' Figuras and 6,11 have 'Shown a further modification inwhich `asingle rod25 has its upper Yend p-ortion formed into: a ring-like siteportion of rod 25 being formed as 'a screw 18', or havingascrewdetachably com 'f tudinal slot 27, for thel insertion of a rag, i

1h51 f i `member 26, constituting a handle, the oppo j l comes jammed inthe barrel, the device herein y disclosed provides effective means forthe removal o'l' the rag Without injury to the riing, and With little orno` delay. It' a left-hand screw is employed, in the manner indicated,the screw is merely advanced in the jammed cleaning element, by rotationin the re uired direction and h c-ontiniiin0`v the rotation, thecleaning element will be Withdrawn in the direction of the ,l usual Yangle therewith.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

right-hand riding` of the barrel. v

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

l. In a device of the class described, a

rod and a screw extending from oneend thereof, the longitudinal axisofthe screvv being in alineinent With the longitudinal axis of the rodand said rod carrying a hand operating` element, socketedA forconnection with the rod in various angular positions.

Q. In a device 'ofthe class described, a rod havinga slot extending,`transversely thereof, near one end, for the insert-ion of a cleaning'element, a screw projecting from said end of the rod and a handleportion carried by the opposite end ofthe rod, theV handle portionhaving vsockets therein 'per-r initting` it to he sliiited from aposition in alineinent with the rod to a position at an LEONARD FinnoissM'iTH'.

